Does saffron have antisolar and moisturizing effects?

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-140

  Golmohammadzadeh, Shiva ^a   Jaafari, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antisoloar; Moisturizing; Saffron; Sun protection factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; EDETATE DISODIUM; HOMOSALATE; LANOLIN; METHYL PARABEN; MOISTURIZING AGENT; OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPYL PARABEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; STEARIC ACID; SUNSCREEN; TRIETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS; EMULSION; FLOWER; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; LOTION; MOISTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLEN; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFFRON; SKIN; SKIN CARE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77954789548     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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